Course Goal: The NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course introduces students to the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary for owning and using a pistol safely.

In your home/office or private class cost:

One on One $120.00

2-3 people $100.00 per person

4-6 poeple $85.00 per person

NRA Basic Pistol Course Description:

Lesson #1 - Pistol Knowledge and Safe Gun Handling

Identify the principle parts of a pistol and revolver, their nomenclature, types of action, and demonstrate how they function. Name, explain, and adopt the NRA rules for safe gun handling. Demonstrate how to handle pistols in a safe manner.

Identify the different components of a pistol cartridge. The firing sequence of a cartridge. How to properly identify and store ammunition. The major types of cartridge malfuntions and how to handle them safely. Explain the fundamentals of pistol shooting.

Lesson #3 - Firing the First Shots

Safely demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to assume the benchrest position with a pistol. Safely shoot a pistol from the benchrest position, using the fundamentals of pistol shooting, at a target on a range. Safely demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to asume a two handed standing shooting position with a pistol. Safely shoot a pistol from a two handed shooting position, using the fundamentals of pistol shooting, at a target on a range.

Lesson #4 - Scoring Targets, and Selecting and Maintaining a Pistol

Properly score a pistol target. Explain the basic guidelines for selecting and purchasing a pistol. Identify the materials needed to clean a pistol. Demonstrate how to safely clean a pistol.